Position: Response Programmes Director

Organization: Word Vision

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PURPOSE OF POSITION:

The Response Programmes Director oversees/leads the Sector Programming Team, including Program Officer(s), DME, Humanitarian Accountability and Information Management. The Response Programmes Director works in close coordination with Response Director (RD) and Operations Director (Ops Dir) in designing the response strategy and operations plan. The Response Programmes Director is responsible in setting up and overseeing grant acquisition, assessments, monitoring and humanitarian accountability teams, facilitating capacity building and liaises with Support Offices and international donors. Response Programmes Director is part of the Response Senior Leadership Team. Response Programmes Director will coordinate/advise with RD/SLT on “go” or “no go” for proposals and other strategic initiatives related to Grant Acquisition & Quality assurance of the response.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Establish, lead, resource and staff the programmes unit to meet response needs:

• Lead team/individual development and provide direction and support as needed to enable effective performance.

• Contribute to National Office (NO) capacity building in the area of emergency response in coordination with NO leadership and Human Resources (HR)- referred to as People and Culture (P&C).

• Determine Programmes organisational structure and staffing plan with P&C.

• Work with P&C to recruit and deploy Programmes staff and plan for capacity development.

• Ensure Programmes’ staff handovers are conducted.

• Develop Programmes budget in coordination with Finance.

• Plan for Programmes Unit transition/ integration with NO, where applicable. Lead the programme planning process to ensure alignment with context, humanitarian needs, response strategy as well as operational feasibility and technical quality:

• Support development of operational intent plan to align with funding allocations ensuring operational feasibility and technical quality.

• Support RM and Finance in developing Response Budget, ensuring strong alignment and coordination with Operations team during budgeting and budget management process.

• Supports Sectors and Operations Director to draft response plan.

• Works with GAM to coordinate grant acquisition.

• Write Operational Intent inclusive of targets.

• Prepare project RACIs for new grants.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• A minimum of 5 years in roles that feature resource acquisition, grant development, donor engagement and leadership in the humanitarian assistance with a significant portion of this in INGOs.

• 8+ years’ experience in humanitarian assistance work including significant field presence.

• Strong experience in engaging with governmental institutions, UN clusters, and multilateral agencies.

• Strong experience in working with bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, grant management and proposal development.

• Experience in managing resource acquisition and management teams that facilitate innovation and calculated risk taking.

• Experience in program management and compliance of multi-sectoral emergency response projects.

• Strong background in programme quality – MEAL – and information management.

• Intensive experience in leading a multi-cultural team of professionals.

• Effective written and verbal communication in English.

• French,Arabic, Spanish, and/or Portuguese language proficiency highly desirable.

• Experience working in a cross-cultural environment.

•Experience working in war zones / fragile contexts.

• Work experience as humanitarian Snr. Program Officer or Programme Manager at least for 1-3 years in a country other than the home country.

• Demonstrated understanding of key humanitarian principles, standards and best practices.

• University degree in Humanitarian Studies, International Development, Political Relations, Economics, Sociology, or other related field. Master’s degree preferred.

• Knowledge of proposal and budget requirements and regulations of major donors including the OFDA, ECHO, DFID, UN agencies, German government.

• Familiarity with humanitarian codes, minimum standards, principles and practice.